USAR Training Ops
Here are a few pictures from a recent USAR training at a two story school in Oregon, OH slated for demolition after the first of the year. Breaching walls and floors, search cam work, and some old...
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The video below shows parts of Blue Bird Corporations manufacturing process. It will help you get an idea of where the strongest parts of the bus are located. Of course different manufacturers have...
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Car/Semi Under-Ride With Fire – Company Drill
Andrew Brassard shared this video in an heavy rescue email group. It looks to have bene a very challenging rescue that dates back to 2003 and happened in the Salt Lake City area. The intensity of...
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Rippin Rescue in South Carolina
By: Paul Hasenmeier Phil Burden in the under-ride pit. Tom Wilcox in the roll-over pit. This past weekend several of us had the chance to travel to South Carolina for the 3rd Annual Rippin Rescue...
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School Bus Extrication Training, Scholarships, and Here We Come Indy
This past Friday and Saturday we helped with the Northern Ohio Fools Heavy Rescue 101 training event. For the 7th year in a row this event has grown bigger and better. This year firefighters from 8...
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Time To Get Back To Training, Burning, Breaking, & Cutting…
One more quick post on some of the people we met at FDIC 2013 then back to our regular scheduled training posts. We’ll also be adding a few posts here and there about FF Brian Hackenburg’s triathlon...
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BGSU State Fire School – Heavy Rescue Day 1
Packed classroom to start the day with JD Vasbinder. Stabilization and school bus work. Day 1 in the classroom for the Heavy Rescue class at the 2013 BGSU State Fire School has come and gone. Part of...
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School Bus Extrication – Multiple Techniques
Conventional forcible entry on a school bus… Roll-over pinning scenario lifting. If you have never cut on a school bus, you get to ride along with Austrian FF Bernd Altinger in the videos below. FF...
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Cutting With Torches
Here’s another wrap-up from the 2013 BGSU State Fire School heavy rescue class. In this pit the students had the opportunity to use a Petrogen torch and a slice pack. The Fire Cam videos were taken...
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Vehicle Extrication In The Water
Have you ever responded to a vehicle crash in the water? Have you trained for this scenario? Some may say it is a far-fetched incident, but our suggestion is that you prepare for it. The pictures...
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Strut Training From KC
Below are some great strut training pictures from Chad Daily of Kansas City Fire Department Rescue 9. There are many strong, versatile, and fast deploying struts on the market today. “LIKE” FIRST DUE...
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Vehicle Rescue Scenarios To Discuss
Here are a couple pictures to talk about with your crew. Discuss what your first moves are and what you will need in addition to your immediate resources. “LIKE” FIRST DUE TACKLE ON FACEBOOK...
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Loading Wire Rope Into Griphoist
Getting the Griphoist back in the box is a bigger challenge than operating it. It’s kind of like a jack-in-the-box. The video below is a short instructional video on how to load the wire rope, operate...
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Rental Truck Into A Structure
Pictures and information from the Morningside Volunteer Fire Department (Maryland) Facebook page. Looks like a great job and definitely a rescue for us all to think about. “LIKE” FIRST DUE TACKLE ON...
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T-Shirt Campaign To Send FF To Heavy Rescue School
This t-shirt campaign just came to me the other day and hopefully will be a successful way to get someone a week of training. It’s premise is to send at least one firefighter to the BGSU State Fire...
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Pickup Truck Floor Pan Pinning
Pretty good interview with a Fire Chief after the extrication of two occupants in a pickup. The truck hit a tree and had heavy frontal damage and pinned one of the passengers when the floor pan rolled...
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Northern Ohio FOOLS Heavy Rescue 101
It’s that time of year for the Northern Ohio FOOLS host the annual Heavy Rescue 101 training. It is free training. CE’s provided by Ehove Fire Academy. All the details are below. Be sure to register...
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Fatal Crash on Ohio Turnpike
A crash involving more than 50 vehicles on the Ohio Turnpike. Two people were killed and an Ohio State Patrol Trooper was pinned between two vehicles. Read more updates from the Sandusky Register...
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Rollover With Impalement In SC
Here are a couple pictures of a rollover crash with impalement in South Carolina near the beach. The female occupant was impaled on the post seen in the first picture. She lived. Lots going on in...
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VES Prop In The Firehouse
Grant Light and the firefighters at Cincinnati Rescue 9 built a VES prop in the firehouse. Check out the pictures below. Good, inexpensive, in-house prop and training. “LIKE” FIRST DUE TACKLE ON...
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